{"id":70655,"date":"2019-07-16T06:07:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T06:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=70655"},"modified":"2019-07-16T12:54:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T12:54:58","slug":"karoo-lamb-with-rocket-butter-charred-leeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/karoo-lamb-with-rocket-butter-charred-leeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Win with Alto Wines & Make this Karoo Lamb Loin with Rocket Butter & Oven Roasted Leeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This year, Alto<\/a> wines celebrates 100-years of winemaking history in South Africa. This is not only the celebration of wine but also of family, of shared memories and of time spent together \u2013 all things worth honouring.<\/p>\n

We’ve teamed up with Alto and chef Jacques Erasmus, of Hemelhuijs<\/a> restaurant, to create a series of five recipes, each paired with an Alto wine. If you’ve been following the series, then you\u2019ve seen this delectable Beef Carpaccio<\/a> dish and this deliciously crispy Pork Belly with Vermouth-soused Prunes<\/a>. It simply couldn’t be a South African celebration without Karoo lamb, so our next recipe highlights this local treasure.<\/p>\n

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KAROO LAMB WITH ROCKET BUTTER WITH ALTO SHIRAZ<\/h4>\n

We’re exploring all things peppery with this dish. The lamb loin is cooked to pink perfection and is served with a peppery rocket browned butter sauce and oven roasted leeks. The flavour profile of the rocket butter needs a bold wine to stand up to it and Alto Shiraz is just that.<\/p>\n

Chef Jaques Erasmus, \u201cThe peppery profile of all the ingredients in this dish and pairing are a match made in heaven.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alto Shiraz<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Alto Shiraz is a rich, ruby red wine with a nose of red fruit and wood spice with white and black pepper notes, ideal for this meaty lamb dish.<\/p>\n

The grapes for this wine came from vineyards planted in deep, red, decomposed granite and clay soils on a north-westerly slope, situated some 100m to 150m above sea level.<\/p>\n

Meet Alto’s winemaker Bertho van der Westhuizen<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Karoo Lamb Loin with Rocket Butter and Oven Roasted Leeks<\/h4>\n

Serves:<\/strong>\u00a06
\nDifficulty:<\/strong> easy
\nPrep time:<\/strong>\u00a030 minutes
\nCook time: 3<\/strong>0 minutes<\/p>\n

Rocket Butter<\/strong><\/p>\n

180 g rocket leaves
\n60g butter
\nsalt and pepper to taste<\/p>\n

Oven Roasted Leeks\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

24 baby leeks, washed and trimmed
\n2 cloves of garlic, sliced
\n1 Tbsp (15 ml) fresh thyme, chopped
\nolive oil to dress
\nsalt and pepper to taste<\/p>\n

Karoo Lamb<\/strong> Loin<\/strong><\/p>\n

splash of olive oil for rubbing
\n700 g Karoo lamb loin, trimmed and fat scored
\n2 tsp (10 ml) coriander seeds, crushed
\nsalt and black pepper to taste<\/p>\n

Rocket Butter<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bring a pot of salted water to boil over high heat.\u00a0 Blanch the rocket leaves for 30 seconds and then refresh in ice cold water.\u00a0 Drain in a colander and place into a blender. Place the butter into a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until golden brown and frothy.\u00a0 Pour the brown butter over the rocket and liquidise until smooth.<\/p>\n

Oven Roasted Leeks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Preheat the oven to 200 \u00baC.<\/p>\n

Cook the leeks in a pot of salted water for 4-5 minutes until tender, then remove and drain well.\u00a0 Place into a bowl and add the garlic, thyme, olive oil and seasoning. Toss through and then transfer to a roasting tray.\u00a0 Roast in the oven for 10-12 minutes until soft. Remove and set aside.<\/p>\n

Karoo Lamb Loin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rub the lamb loin with olive oil, then roll in the coriander seeds and season with salt and pepper.\u00a0 Place a frying pan over medium-high heat and seal the lamb on all sides, about 4-5 minutes. Place the lamb into a roasting tray and finish in the oven for 8-10 minutes and remove. Let the meat rest for at least 10 minutes before cutting into slices.<\/p>\n

Serve the lamb loin over the oven roasted leeks, dressed with rocket butter.<\/p>\n

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This year, Alto wines celebrates 100-years of winemaking history in South Africa. This is not only the celebration of wine but also of family, of shared memories and of time spent together \u2013 all things worth honouring. We’ve teamed up with Alto and chef Jacques Erasmus, of Hemelhuijs restaurant, to create a series of five recipes, each paired with an Alto wine. If you’ve been following the series, then you\u2019ve seen this delectable Beef Carpaccio dish and this deliciously crispy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4098],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70655"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70879,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70655\/revisions\/70879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}